Alcohol is only rarely served at official functions at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in the United States these days, after wide-ranging measures were taken to reduce hazardous drinking by students.
A thought-provoking film which explores the loves, hopes and fears of several donors to the University of Otago's body bequest programme is already attracting positive responses in Otago and overseas.
Prof Barry Taylor, a leading University of Otago specialist in paediatrics and child health, has received a top national career achievement award.
Prof Harlene Hayne, a leading psychologist and University of Otago deputy vice-chancellor, research and enterprise, has been appointed to chair a committee of experts seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents.
Three leading University of Otago scientists, Dr Philip Boyd, Prof Andrew Mercer and Prof Hamish Spencer, have been elected fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Some people were still getting mixed up about the Otago Settlers Museum's name, and a name change could be considered, museum director Linda Wigley said yesterday.
Jill Guy, who owns and operates the cafe at the Otago Museum, is not optimistic her lease will be extended, despite about 2000 people having signed a petition to support its continuation.
The European economic downturn meant the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was celebrated in Germany this week without any "triumphalism", political scientist Dr John Leslie said.
About 130 Kea Scouts from as far afield as Oamaru and Balclutha converged on Outram at the weekend to celebrate the start of Kea activities in Coastal Otago 30 years ago.
A history of strong leadership at the University of Otago School of Physical Education was celebrated at a function on campus this week.
Leading University of Otago academics Emeritus Prof John Barsby, Prof Terence Dennis and Prof Charles Higham have been made Fellows of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities.
A leading climate scientist, Dr Jim Salinger, is urging more open science communication, and takes issue with an overly "corporate" approach adopted by some Crown-owned science agencies.
eople with happy memories of life in the former East Germany are not simply viewing life through rose-tinted glasses, English historian Prof Mary Fulbrook says.
East German television provided much-needed therapy for reporters as well as viewers striving to cope with rapid changes shortly after the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago, Prof Ruediger Steinmetz said yesterday.
The University of Otago is warning students looking for flatmates next year about a foreign scam that has already relieved two unsuspecting people of several hundred dollars.
University College London, whose provost is distinguished University of Otago graduate Prof Malcolm Grant, has now leapfrogged Oxford University to become the world's fourth-top university in the latest Times Higher Education rankings.
The search for a new New Zealand flag has taken a fresh twist with University of Otago scientists creating a novel internet site where school pupils and others can join in a shared design effort.
Dunedin Gasworks Museum and Port Chalmers Museum officials have welcomed proposals for the Otago Settlers Museum taking over the running of the two institutions, providing them with governance and other support.
Several leading overseas academics will be in Dunedin this weekend to attend a University of Otago conference devoted to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years ago.
University of Otago students Julian Peat and Naomi White have gained national Rutherford Foundation scholarships to support their studies at Cambridge University next year.
